Top African Music Albums
Rank
All Time
Artist
Album
Subgenre(s)
Other Genre(s)
Year
1
619
King Sunny Adé
Juju Music
Jùjú
1982
2
960
Salif Keita
Soro
Mande Music
1987
3
1000
Youssou N'Dour
Immigres / Bitim Rew
Mbalax
1984
4
1111
Fela and Africa 70
Zombie
Afrobeat
1976
5
1268
Cesária Évora
Miss Perfumado
Morna
1992
6
1480
Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
Talking Timbuktu
Mande Music
,
Songhai Music
Blues
1994
7
1624
Babatunde Olatunji
Drums of Passion
Apala
1960
8
1724
Khaled
Khaled
Pop Raï
1992
9
1812
Amadou & Mariam
Dimanche à Bamako
2004
10
1870
Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck
Djam Leelii
Mande Music
,
Mbalax
1983
11
1905
Ketama/Toumani Diabaté/Danny Thompson
Songhai
African Folk Music
,
Songhai Music
Flamenco Nuevo
1988
12
1950
Salif Keita
Moffou
Mande Music
2002
13
2192
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Sorrow Tears and Blood/Black President [1981]
Afrobeat
1977
14
2216
Konono No. 1
Congotronics
Tradi-Modern
2005
15
2268
Sons of Kemet
Your Queen is a Reptile
Afro-Jazz
2018
16
2389
Tinariwen
Aman Iman: Water is Life
Tishoumaren
2007
17
2420
Ali Farka Touré
Savane
Mande Music
,
Songhai Music
Blues
2006
18
2615
Rachid Taha
Diwan
Raï
1998
19
2650
Tinariwen
Imidiwan: Companions
Tishoumaren
2009
20
2745
Mahmoud Ahmed
Eré Méla Méla/Ethiopiques 7
Ethio-Jazz
,
Tizita
1975
21
2792
Ali Farka Touré
The River
Mande Music
,
Songhai Music
1990
22
2811
Mbongwana Star
From Kinshasa
Tradi-Modern
2015
23
2974
Youssou N'Dour
Nelson Mandela
Mbalax
1985
24
2995
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Shaka Zulu
Mbube
,
Nguni Folk Music
1987
Albums "bubbling under" the all-time top 3000:
Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70
Expensive Shit
Afrobeat
1975
King Sunny Adé
Synchro System
Jùjú
1983
Cheb Khaled & Safy Boutella
Kutché
Raï
1988
Geoffrey Oryema
Exile
African Folk Music
1990
Fela
Coffin for Head of State
Afrobeat
1981
Toumani Diabaté with Ballake Sissoko
New Ancient Strings
Mande Music
1999
Baaba Maal
Lam Toro
Mbalax
1992
Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70
Gentleman
Afrobeat
1973
Fela Kuti
Roforofo Fight
Afrobeat
1972
Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70
Confusion
Afrobeat
1974
Fela
Original Sufferhead
Afrobeat
1981
Angelique Kidjo
Logozo
Fon Music
Pop
1991
Cheikh Lo
Ne La Thiass
Mbalax
1996
Tinariwen
The Radio Tisdas Sessions
Tishoumaren
2001
Oumou Sangare
Worotan
Wassoulou
1996
Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Shuffering & Shmiling
Afrobeat
1977
Tinariwen
Amassakoul
Tishoumaren
2004
Toumani Diabaté
The Mandé Variations
Mande Music
2008
Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa 70
Open & Close
Afrobeat
1971
Amadou & Mariam
Welcome to Mali
Pop
2008
Bombino
Nomad
Tishoumaren
2013
Baaba Maal
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
Mbalax
1999
Osibisa
Woyaya
Highlife
Jazz-Rock
1971
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics
Inspiration Information
Ethio-Jazz
Jazz-Funk
2009
Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabate
Ali & Toumani
Mande Music
,
Songhai Music
2010
Youssou N'Dour
Nothing's in Vain (Coono du réér)
Mbalax
2002
Toumani Diabaté & Sidiki Diabaté
Toumani & Sidiki
Mande Music
2014
75 Dollar Bill
I Was Real
Tishoumaren
Psychedelic Rock
2019
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
Jama Ko
Mande Music
2013
Rokia Traoré
Bowmboi
Mande Music
2003
Mdou Moctar
Ilana (The Creator)
Tishoumaren
Blues Rock
2019
John Wizards
John Wizards
Kwaito
Indietronica
2013
Tinariwen
Emmaar
Tishoumaren
2014
Baaba Maal
Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
Mbalax
2001
Oumou Sangare
Mogoya
Wassoulou
2017
Kasai Allstars
In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic (Congo
Tradi-Modern
2008
Fatouma Tadiawara
Fenfo
Wassoulou
2018
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
Ba Power
Mande Music
2015
Songhoy Blues
Music in Exile
Songhai Music
2015
Toumani Diabaté
Boulevard de l'indépendence
Mande Music
2006
Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan
Mande Music
Chamber Music
2017
Tinariwen
Tassili
Tishoumaren
2011
The Very Best
Warm Heart of Africa
East African Music
2009
Konono No. 1
Assume Crash Position
Tradi-Modern
2010
Noura Mint Seymali
Arbina
Moorish Music
2016
Songhoy Blues
Resistance
Afro-Rock
,
Songhai Music
2017
Rokia Traoré
Beautiful Africa
Mande Music
2013
Staff Benda Bilili
Très très fort
Soukous
2009
Orchestra Baobab
Made in Dakar
Wolof Music
2007
Afrocubism
Afrocubism
Mande Music
Guajira
2010
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
I Speak Fula
Mande Music
2009
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba
Segu Blue
Mande Music
2007